Brighton is a beach-side suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, 11 km South-East of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Bayside. Brighton holds some of the most grand homes in Melbourne, Sport; and the development of large residential blocks of land. Beach Road is a popular cycling route, with the Bay Trail off- There is something for road walking/cycling tracks also following the coastline. everyone in Brighton. Dendy Street Beach, just south of Middle Brighton, features Golfers play at the Brighton 82 colourful bathing boxes, which are one of the tourist icons Public Golf Course. of Melbourne. Bridge, the world’s most Between Middle Brighton Beach and Sandown St Beach are popular mind sport is played at the historic Middle Brighton Municipal Baths, Royal Brighton Dendy Park Bridge Club. Yacht Club, and the Middle Brighton Pier. North Road in Brighton features many old churches and residences. The North Road Pavilion is a popular cafe which has an outlook of Brighton Beach is one of Port Port Phillip Bay, while the beachfront features stunning views Phillip Bay’s premier Kite toward the Melbourne city skyline. Brighton is serviced by the Surfing locations, held at the Gardenvale, North Brighton, Middle Brighton, and Brighton Brighton Savoy. Beach railway stations on the Sandringham line. Brighton is also home to the Trams also service the Eastern extremities of the suburb, Brighton Junior and Senior while there are also a range of bus services, including 216 Soccer Club and Australian and 219 which run to the Melbourne CBD. Rules (AFL) Football Club as well as Bayside Cougars Hockey Club. Education; Schools within Brighton include: Brighton Grammar School Brighton Secondary College Firbank Girls' Grammar School Haileybury's Castlefield Campus St Leonard's College Xavier College's Kostka Hall Junior Campus Star of the Sea College .